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PEI leads the way with electronic medical record systems

Prince Edward Island is leading the country with its recently implemented, province-wide, electronic medical records system. It’s a key part of the island’s fundamental family medicine reorganization, a move which officials hope will finally strike a serious blow against the ongoing healthcare crisis. The vast majority of family doctors on PEI are now using an electronic medical record to manage the treatment of their patients. Just two years ago 70 per cent of island general practitioners were primarily using paper records, and the rest were using what amounted to a virtual filling cabinet. The new system is standardized, allowing doctors…
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Electronic Flight Bag, the new standard | FAST Online | News

For several years, the Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) has been bringing the most up-to-date technology into the cockpit. As it has become the standard way of operations, all Airbus operators must transfer to full EFB-based operations by the end of 2021. From 2022, Airbus will no longer be providing information for operators to deviate from this standard way. The EFB aims at replacing the on-board paper documentation by providing the flight crew with: Performance applications to compute the aircraft loadsheet and performance at take-off, cruise and landing An application to manage the Checklists and Procedures A browser to access flight…
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India set to achieve $300 bn electronics manufacturing target: MoS IT | Economy & Policy News

The government is right on the path to achieving the $300 billion electronics manufacturing target which will be a massive 20-25 times growth in almost a decade, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said on Tuesday. India can reach $300 billion worth of electronics manufacturing and exports by 2025-26 if specific product segments with high potential for scale are shortlisted and catered to by way of incentives and policy measures, according to the Vision Document 2.0 prepared by the IT Ministry and the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA). “Electronics manufacturing in 2014 was about $12…
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WVU selects Huron Research Suite as electronic research administration platform | E-News

Following a thorough assessment of potential solutions and a competitive public bidding process, WVU has selected the Huron Research Suite as its new electronic research administration platform. The Huron Research Suite will replace WVU+kc (Kuali) for proposal submission, award management, protocol management, conflict of interest and more. The WVU Research Office, Information Technology Services and other partners across the University will begin implementation this year. WVU will implement six modules from the Huron Research Suite, including: • Grants • Agreements • Conflict of Interest (COI) • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) • Institutional Review Board (IRB) • Animal…